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Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho has thrown his weight behind the unity agreement reached between Opposition leader Raila Odinga and President Kenyatta. Joho, who has in the past found himself at loggerheads with President Uhuru and the Jubilee government, has urged National Super Alliance (Nasa)…

Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has hinted at shifting allegiance from National Super Alliance (Nasa) to Jubilee. The Governor has now vowed to collaborate with President Kenyatta and the Jubilee government to actualize her development agenda for the county. Speaking during the Kitui Teachers Training…

Two Kenyans believed to be leaders of the Somalia-based terror organization Al Shabaab have been named in the list of United States global terrorists. The US State Department has listed Ahmad Iman Ali and Abdifatah Abubakar Abdi as “specially designated global terrorists”. The US says Ali has been…

National Super Alliance (Nasa) co-principal Musalia Mudavadi has rejected the truce reached between President Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga, terming it as a “selfish” agreement by two individuals. Addressing the press in Mombasa on Saturday, the Amani National Congress (ANC) party…

The United States through Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has hailed President Kenyatta and National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinga for agreeing to bury the hatchet and unite the country. Speaking during a media briefing after arriving in Nairobi on Friday evening, Tillerson said the…

A monetary reward has been announced to anyone with information on the whereabouts of Gareth Johnson, United Kingdom's most wanted criminal. Gareth, who is in the UK's tax authority radar for tax crime running into billions of shillings is believed to be hiding in Mombasa, Kenya or Dar es Salaam in…

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has reportedly fallen ill hours after arriving in Nairobi on Friday evening. In a statement on Saturday, the State Department said the US top government official had cancelled his Saturday programme due to the illness. “The secretary is not feeling…

National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinga carried with him four individuals to his unity talks with President Kenyatta at Harambee House on Friday morning. In the meeting, Raila was flanked by Suna East Member of Parliament Junet Mohammed, his daughter Winnie Odinga, his Spokesman Dennis…

The plane carrying United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson touched the ground at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi on Friday evening. Tillerson was received to the country by American ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec, Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma and…

President Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga on Friday announced the creation of a unity office as a way forward in the new charter aimed at uniting Kenyans. In an agreement signed after a meeting at Harambee House on Friday between the two, Ambassador Martin Kimani and Lawyer Paul Mwangi…